Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

The effectiveness of transdiagnostic treatment in clinical symptoms, cognitive emotion regulation, and distress tolerance of university students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Afarin Sadeghi Ordoubadi 1
Zahra Bagherzadeh Golmakani 2
Mahdi Amiri 3
Ahmad Mansouri 2
1 Ph.D. student, Department of Psychology, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran
2 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran
3 Assistant professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
10.22038/jfmh.2021.17938
Abstract
Introduction:  The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of transdiagnostic treatment in clinical symptoms, cognitive emotion regulation, and students' distress tolerance.
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this clinical trial included all students of Mashhad universities. Among them, thirty students were selected by the convenient sampling method and randomly assigned to an equal experimental group and a control group. The instruments included Simmons and Gaher Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS), Gross and John emotion regulation questionnaire, and Depression, Stress and Anxiety Scale (DASS). After performing the pretest, the experimental group received transdiagnostic treatment intervention in 10 two-hour sessions. Data analyzed using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance with repeated measures and SPSS 26 software.
Results: Based on the findings, there were significant differences between experimental and control groups in the scores of clinical symptoms, cognitive emotion regulation, and distress tolerance (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: It seems that transdiagnostic treatment is effective in clinical symptoms, cognitive regulation of emotions, and distress tolerance in university students.
Keywords
Clinical symptoms
Cognition
Distress tolerance
Emotion regulation
Transdiagnostic treatment
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Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 23, Issue 1
March and April 2021
Pages 49-56